The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for residuals of COVID-19 infection, including Guillain-Barré Syndrome and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), for further development.
The deciding factor: Remand is necessary due to a duty to assist error in the AOJ's September 2024 rating decision, specifically regarding relevant service treatment records from December 2020 through June 2023 that were not considered by the AOJ.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Coronavirus Disease 2019 infection (COVID-19), Guillain-Barré Syndrome, Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 2, 2025
- Citation
- A25048497
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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